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Out of curiosity, has a doctor come forward and said that he was diagnosed as mentally ill? None of the news articles I've read mention anything beyond what the family and friends believed to be the case

The legal charity Reprieve has said a report from a consultant forensic psychologist diagnosed Mr Shaikh with bipolar disorder and delusional psychosis.

Pac Man's character is difficult to explain even to the Japanese -- he is an innocent character. He hasn't been educated to discern between good and evil. He acts more like a small child than a grown-up person. Think of him as a child learning in the course of his daily activities. If someone tells him guns are evil, he would be the type to rush out and eat guns. But he would most probably eat any gun, even the pistols of policemen who need them.

Out of curiosity, has a doctor come forward and said that he was diagnosed as mentally ill? None of the news articles I've read mention anything beyond what the family and friends believed to be the case

The legal charity Reprieve has said a report from a consultant forensic psychologist diagnosed Mr Shaikh with bipolar disorder and delusional psychosis.

Out of curiosity, has a doctor come forward and said that he was diagnosed as mentally ill? None of the news articles I've read mention anything beyond what the family and friends believed to be the case

The legal charity Reprieve has said a report from a consultant forensic psychologist diagnosed Mr Shaikh with bipolar disorder and delusional psychosis.

"Various other evidence documenting his mental health, obtained in the UK and Poland, was simply not taken into account.

So far that is all there has been.

On an unrelated note.

The Shaikh family also said it was "particularly distasteful" that judges at an appeal hearing laughed openly at Akmal's rambling speech as he pleaded for his life.

wait, a forensic psychologist? that suggests he was brought in specifically for the case which also implies he hadn't been diagnosed before this all happened because if he had, they would presumably have trotted out the psychiatrist that diagnosed and was treating him
so that smells really fishy to me and strengthens (for me) the suspicion that the claim is a load of shit

well first you're willfully ignoring the part that says the family had other documentation, and second just because a psychologist isn't brought in until someone is on trial doesn't mean the diagnosis is unsound

Whether or not the claim is a load of shit, China are being a bunch of horsefuckers

still, if he wasn't mentally ill (which I'm really starting to doubt) then he was just colossally stupid to be smuggling drugs into China when it's well known what the punishment is, and I would have little sympathy for someone that stunningly stupid

well first you're willfully ignoring the part that says the family had other documentation, and second just because a psychologist isn't brought in until someone is on trial doesn't mean the diagnosis is unsound

a claim that they had other documentation does not mean they had other documentation, let alone even clarify what that documentation is

I mean, if it actually exists it could just be a note from a family member to another about how the dude seems kinda crazy

so I'm not going to just assume that it's compelling documentation or even exists

Whether or not the claim is a load of shit, China are being a bunch of horsefuckers

still, if he wasn't mentally ill (which I'm really starting to doubt) then he was just colossally stupid to be smuggling drugs into China when it's well known what the punishment is, and I would have little sympathy for someone that stunningly stupid

Little enough sympathy to laugh at the dude during his appeal to not be slain? Because that is just amazing, like a calculated move to flaunt your dickishness.

Whether or not the claim is a load of shit, China are being a bunch of horsefuckers

still, if he wasn't mentally ill (which I'm really starting to doubt) then he was just colossally stupid to be smuggling drugs into China when it's well known what the punishment is, and I would have little sympathy for someone that stunningly stupid

well first you're willfully ignoring the part that says the family had other documentation, and second just because a psychologist isn't brought in until someone is on trial doesn't mean the diagnosis is unsound

a claim that they had other documentation does not mean they had other documentation, let alone even clarify what that documentation is

I mean, if it actually exists it could just be a note from a family member to another about how the dude seems kinda crazy

so I'm not going to just assume that it's compelling documentation or even exists

ok so he didn't have preexisting documentation

why do you think the opinion of a psychologist consulted after an arrest is less valid

Whether or not the claim is a load of shit, China are being a bunch of horsefuckers

still, if he wasn't mentally ill (which I'm really starting to doubt) then he was just colossally stupid to be smuggling drugs into China when it's well known what the punishment is, and I would have little sympathy for someone that stunningly stupid

so off with his head for smuggling 3kg of heroin then

good good

in a country that's quite open and honest about that being the penalty, yes from a practical standpoint you are getting what you deserve for being so stunningly stupid

it's not like he was executed for smuggling refugees out of the country
I do agree that the punishment seems harsh to me, but it's no secret that this is the punishment for the crime
so it's pretty fucking easy to avoid it by...NOT SMUGGLING DRUGS INTO CHINA

well first you're willfully ignoring the part that says the family had other documentation, and second just because a psychologist isn't brought in until someone is on trial doesn't mean the diagnosis is unsound

a claim that they had other documentation does not mean they had other documentation, let alone even clarify what that documentation is

I mean, if it actually exists it could just be a note from a family member to another about how the dude seems kinda crazy

so I'm not going to just assume that it's compelling documentation or even exists

ok so he didn't have preexisting documentation

why do you think the opinion of a psychologist consulted after an arrest is less valid

I'm saying it's fishy to me that they don't have the testimony and documentation from a psychologist that diagnosed and was treating him before the trip
someone that has a history with him as opposed to someone brought in just for the case

it looks (to me, based on what I've seen so far) like they were just trying to cook up a defense by pretending he was mentally ill

well first you're willfully ignoring the part that says the family had other documentation, and second just because a psychologist isn't brought in until someone is on trial doesn't mean the diagnosis is unsound

a claim that they had other documentation does not mean they had other documentation, let alone even clarify what that documentation is

I mean, if it actually exists it could just be a note from a family member to another about how the dude seems kinda crazy

so I'm not going to just assume that it's compelling documentation or even exists

ok so he didn't have preexisting documentation

why do you think the opinion of a psychologist consulted after an arrest is less valid

I'm saying it's fishy to me that they don't have the testimony and documentation from a psychologist that diagnosed and was treating him before the trip
someone that has a history with him as opposed to someone brought in just for the case

it looks (to me, based on what I've seen so far) like they were just trying to cook up a defense by pretending he was mentally ill

well at least we know now for future reference that china doesn't care about mental illness

Whether or not the claim is a load of shit, China are being a bunch of horsefuckers

still, if he wasn't mentally ill (which I'm really starting to doubt) then he was just colossally stupid to be smuggling drugs into China when it's well known what the punishment is, and I would have little sympathy for someone that stunningly stupid

so off with his head for smuggling 3kg of heroin then

good good

in a country that's quite open and honest about that being the penalty, yes from a practical standpoint you are getting what you deserve for being so stunningly stupid

it's not like he was executed for smuggling refugees out of the country
I do agree that the punishment seems harsh to me, but it's no secret that this is the punishment for the crime
so it's pretty fucking easy to avoid it by...NOT SMUGGLING DRUGS INTO CHINA

Wait, from what I can tell from the article he had no idea he was smuggling drugs.

Granted you don't very well take strange luggage at an airport but it's already been established he wasn't the sharpest tool

You're acting like he was just given a bag of heroin and told "take this to China"

Whether or not the claim is a load of shit, China are being a bunch of horsefuckers

still, if he wasn't mentally ill (which I'm really starting to doubt) then he was just colossally stupid to be smuggling drugs into China when it's well known what the punishment is, and I would have little sympathy for someone that stunningly stupid

so off with his head for smuggling 3kg of heroin then

good good

in a country that's quite open and honest about that being the penalty, yes from a practical standpoint you are getting what you deserve for being so stunningly stupid

it's not like he was executed for smuggling refugees out of the country
I do agree that the punishment seems harsh to me, but it's no secret that this is the punishment for the crime
so it's pretty fucking easy to avoid it by...NOT SMUGGLING DRUGS INTO CHINA

Wait, from what I can tell from the article he had no idea he was smuggling drugs.

Granted you don't very well take strange luggage at an airport but it's already been established he wasn't the sharpest tool

You're acting like he was just given a bag of heroin and told "take this to China"